Page 11: Historical Events In 1968

Jun 04   In the year 1968 dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70   

Jun 05   On this day in history senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who was immediately arrested. Kennedy had just claimed victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. 68   

Jun 05   Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day on this day in history.   

Jun 05   In the year 1968 uS Senator Robert Kennedy shot and killed in Los Angeles   

Jun 06   In the year 1968 franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies   

Jun 06   On this day in history senator Robert F. Kennedy succumbs to being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the day before in Los Angeles.   

Jun 07   In the year 1968 dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60   

Jun 07   On this day in history sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination   

Jun 08   On this day in history gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"   

Jun 08   James Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport on this day in history.   

Jun 08   New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted in the year 1968.   

Jun 08   Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" in the year 1968.   

Jun 10   Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Jun 12   In the year 1968 fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76   

Jun 14   Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jun 15   John Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral on this day in history.   

Jun 15   On this day in history samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88   

Jun 18   On this day in history supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing   

Jun 19   50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign in the year 1968.   

Jun 20   In the year 1968 jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds   

Jun 21   Ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91 in the year 1968.   

Jun 21   In the year 1968 supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns   

Jun 24   Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner in the year 1968.   

Jun 24   On this day in history deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion   

Jun 24   On this day in history joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title   

Jun 24   On this day in history resurrection City closed   

Jun 25   Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Jun 26   Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US on this day in history.   

Jun 27   Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague in the year 1968.   

Jun 27   Norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies in the year 1968.   

Jun 28   In the year 1968 daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers   

Jun 29   On this day in history kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66   

Jun 30   In the year 1968 gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections   

Jun 30   John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73 in the year 1968.   

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

Jan 04   On this day in history joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

Jan 05   In the year 1968 jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79   

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 in the year 1968.   

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)